For my part, I’d rather discuss the far more important misconceptions most of us have about the Pilgrims: we tend to misunderstand why they came to America in the first place, how they saw themselves, and how they understood the celebration that we–not they–labeled the “First Thanksgiving.”
Yahoo: How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving — and who history left behind
How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving — and who history left behind
PBS: A historian explains how the Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who has been erased
A historian explains how the Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who has been erased
Taunton Daily Gazette: Which Native American tribe sat with Pilgrims at 'first' Thanksgiving?
Yahoo: How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind
How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind
WMNF: How the Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving and who history left behind
Native American history, a subject honored this month, has been revised and distorted for centuries. The story of Squanto, the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving is a prime example. Lipman’s book is ...
The Pilgrims, also known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were the English settlers who travelled to North America on the ship Mayflower and established the Plymouth Colony at what now is Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.
Why Did the Pilgrims Really Go to America? – Banner of Truth USA
Who Were the Pilgrims? In December 1620, the ship Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor. It carried over a hundred passengers from England and Holland, only half of whom would survive their first winter. The Plymouth colonists considered all of those who arrived in the colony’s start up years as “First Comers.”